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Portugal's President has paid tribute to the victims of the Hintze Ribeiro bridge collapse on the 20th anniversary of the disaster. A total of 59 people were killed when the metal road bridge collapsed on the night of March 4, 2001. This included 53 people who were travelling on a bus and six other occupants of three cars that fell into the River Douro, south-east of Porto. There were no survivors of the collapse in one of Portugal's worst road disasters. President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa paid homage to the victims of the tragedy on Thursday. "We recall a difficult moment that marked the rece...

Image zoom Credit: iStockphoto/Getty Images For a storybook-worthy vacation in Europe, head straight to Bavaria. Book a room at Burg Colmberg, a 14th-century castle rising from a rocky crag above a tiny village. It offers an eclectic collection of rooms tucked throughout a warren of crooked hallways, hidden staircases, and cozy sitting nooks. Be sure to visit the postcard-perfect Neuschwanstein Castle, resplendently perched atop a mountain, and take the time to tour Hohenschwangau, the castle in which "Mad King" Ludwig II a...